1000 Years of Irish Poetry: The Gaelic and Anglo-Irish Poets from Pagan Times to the Present, Volume 1Kathleen Hoagland |
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Page 63
... steeds were brought to her eastern side , To urge them past her in manner like ; To the Ultonians of accustomed victory , The gallant riders were men of kin . Although the monarch's steeds were swifter At all times in the native race ...
... steeds were brought to her eastern side , To urge them past her in manner like ; To the Ultonians of accustomed victory , The gallant riders were men of kin . Although the monarch's steeds were swifter At all times in the native race ...
Page 89
... steeds . The noble Monarch of Erin's men Spake thus to the young Prince Brassal , then : — " My Sea , with all its wealth of streams , I leave to my sweetly - speaking Brassal , To serve and to succour him as a vassal- And the lands ...
... steeds . The noble Monarch of Erin's men Spake thus to the young Prince Brassal , then : — " My Sea , with all its wealth of streams , I leave to my sweetly - speaking Brassal , To serve and to succour him as a vassal- And the lands ...
Page 492
... steed doth stand ; He placed the bride of peerless charms Within his longing , outstretched arms ; He freed the ... steed . With wrath and grief I felt my heart within me bleed , That any but an Irish chief Should press the back of such ...
... steed doth stand ; He placed the bride of peerless charms Within his longing , outstretched arms ; He freed the ... steed . With wrath and grief I felt my heart within me bleed , That any but an Irish chief Should press the back of such ...
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12th century ancient ANONYMOUS ballads bard battle beauty bird blessing blood Book boys brave breast Brian bright century Christ cold County Cuchulain dark dead dear death died Doneraile Douglas Hyde dream earth English Erin Eugene O'Curry eyes fair father Ferdiad Finn Gaelic girl Glen grave green hair hand heart Heaven heroes hill holy hound Ireland Irish Irish Poetry Irish-Gaelic James Clarence Mangan Kincora King Kuno Meyer land light literature lived lonely Lord maid moon morning mountain Munster never night noble o'er Padraic Pearse poems poetry poets pray Red Branch rose round Saint Samuel Ferguson Sigerson sing sleep song sorrow soul steeds Sweeney sweet swift sword tears thee Thomas MacDonagh thou Tirawley Translated by Kuno tree Trinity College verse wave weep Whitley Stokes wild wind woman young